About

PENG Jing, secretary general of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and director general of its China Chapter, is a professor and vice president of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (www.iwhr.com). She received her bachelor’s degree of hydraulic machinery and master’s degree of hydraulics and river dynamics both in Tsinghua University, China, and doctoral degree of river and basin environmentology in Tokyo University, Japan.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Research Institutes and Centers

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Her major research fields include hydraulic engineering, water environment engineering, river pollution control and restoration, water environment management of estuaries and lakes, risks of water-related disaster, river ecological health, and multi-functional dam regulation and management.

Major Achievements:

As the project manager or major participant, Peng Jing has been responsible, or served as the team leading or technical expert, for more than 40 scientific research projects. She has also published more than 90 papers on journals both at home and abroad, and 6 books. In the past decade Peng Jing has been actively involved in international cooperation and exchange in water-related field. Responsible for the management and service of international exchange and collaboration (including the coordination between IWHR and international water-related organizations such as ICOLD, IAHR, ICID, GWP and IHA), she has rich experience in serving both as an expert and a coordinator of international water-related events. She has, for many times, organized and participated in IAHR-related conferences, World Water Forum of World Water Council (WWC), World Water Week in Stockholm, Singapore International Water Week, China-EU Water Platform, as well as China-Korea and China-Japan seminars, etc.